[PATCH v2 1/4] mac802154: Do not try to resend failed packets

2013-04-03 Thread Alan Ott
When ops->xmit() fails, drop the packet. Devices which support hardware ack and retry (which include all devices currently supported by mainline), will automatically retry sending the packet (in the hardware) up to 3 times, per the 802.15.4 spec. There is no need, and it is incorrect to try to do

[PATCH v2 1/4] mac802154: Do not try to resend failed packets

2013-04-03 Thread Alan Ott
When ops-xmit() fails, drop the packet. Devices which support hardware ack and retry (which include all devices currently supported by mainline), will automatically retry sending the packet (in the hardware) up to 3 times, per the 802.15.4 spec. There is no need, and it is incorrect to try to do